2015-09-26, their is a bit more. the Dust bowl was a major hit to the agricultural side of the enoocmy, in accordance with the other aspect of the enoocmy, wall street. it was a double hit with banks loosing their money and massive relocation of the agricultural sector to find work elsewhere. with very little money in circulation merchants suffered from deflation, which is the price of their merchandise falling so they cant make ends meet either. so unemployment way up, without banks ability to loan, and no $ in circulation. the war saved us because it allowed the gov't to contract work out to factories. but after the war it got bad again because mostly all the factories where suited for making military stuff which wasn't needed any more, then we have Roosevelt and the "new deal" in order to get people jobs. Was this answer helpful?